Odisha

Public Bicycle Sharing System To Be Introduced In Bhubaneswar Soon

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OB Bureau
Bhubaneswar: A public bicycle sharing (PBS) system, controlled by mobile applications, will be introduced in Odisha capital soon. It is part of a strategy to develop a non-motorised, green and healthy city transport network.

In a high-level meeting held at the State Secretariat on Wednesday, Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited, Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) presented a road map on how to go about the PBS and make it user-friendly and effective.

“While a dedicated cycle lane will be developed as part of a futuristic 120 km major road under the Complete Street Plan, in the first phase there will be a 40-km stretch and the two main focus areas will be Smart District and Info City areas, hereafter referred
as core area,” BDA vice-chairman Krishan Kumar said after the meeting.

Without a dedicated cycle track in the city, the cyclists always remain vulnerable to speeding light and heavy vehicles.

In the first phase,  3,500 bicycles shall be deployed in remotely controlled parking spaces located in every 400-500 metre distance within the core area. All the cycles shall have remote locking and unlocking facilities. In case of deficit of cycles in a particular
zone, cycles would be transported to the deficit zone from surplus area.

To provide better transit linkages with the existing city bus services the parking spaces   shall be placed near bus stops. With this a person can come to a major junction to take a bus and after the mode to ensure first mile (home to bus stop) and last mile connectivity
(public transport to home). The phase-I plan of PBS will include Janpath, Cuttack-Puri Road, Jagamara-Sundarpada Road, Bidyut Marg, Airport-Nandankanan Road, Sachivalaya Marg and National Highway.

Controlling harmful emissions, causing less air pollution and last but not the least, promoting a healthy life-style, the PBS system would be the answer to city’s green transport possibility and vision, as there would be many citizens who are eager to use this alternative. This will also act as a complementary services to provide greener first and
last mile connectivity to city’s proposed modernized bus services.

OB Bureau

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